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Poetry WorkShop at Lisbon, IA Public Library with Cole Chamberlain
Saturday, February 28, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
Lisbon Public Library

Writers' Workshop at Lisbon Public Library

Are you a writer that is interested in improving your skills or connecting with other local writers? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to participate in a workshop at the world-renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop? We'll be joined by Cole Chamberlain, a student from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, who will provide a workshop experience about point of view in fiction, right here in Lisbon!

To submit your writing sample in advance (creative nonfiction...

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Bret Anthony Johnston in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Bret Anthony Johnston will read from his new short story collection, Encounters with Unexpected Animals, and will be joined in conversation with Iowa Writers' Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang. Described as "an imaginative, moving collection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human condition and drenched in Texas heat," Encounters with Unexpected Animals is praised by The New York Times as "A cause for celebration," while John Irving, New York Times bestselling author of The...

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Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm
Dey House
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.
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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop
Sunday, February 22, 2026 2:30pm to 4:15pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...